Isaac Muk
Eric Cantona calls for boycott of Israeli football at Together for Palestine
More than sport — The legendary striker took to the stage at Brian Eno’s benefit concert at Wembley, which raised around £1.5 million for Palestinian charities working on the ground in Gaza.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Classic ’80s NYC hip-hop film Wild Style is being remastered
Bronx breaks — Created by Charlie Ahearn, the part-documentary, part-fiction movie captured the genre’s early style and music, as well as its intertwined relationship with breakdance and graffiti culture.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Merlin Daleman’s stark portrait of time-trapped Britain
Mutiny — Created in the wake of the Brexit referendum, the photographer’s debut book is a years-long photographic survey of economic inequality, and of towns and cities left behind as London continues to develop.
Written by: Isaac Muk
New Banksy mural appears to reference Palestine Action arrests
Queen’s Building — It depicts a judge attacking a protestor with a hammer, and has been unveiled at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Heartwarming, harmonious portraits of Istanbul’s street cats
City Cats of Istanbul — Türkiye’s largest metropolis has a symbiotic relationship between humans and felines that dates back millennia. Marcel Heijnen’s new book explores the interaction between space, society and strays.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Inside Japan’s ’90s gabber and hardcore underground
Manga Corps — A new book published by Italian hardcore artist Gabber Eleganza archives ephemera and flyers from the early days of gabber and hardcore from Tokyo and Osaka, which has gone on to have an outsized influence on popular music today.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Aram Sabbah: “The whole world is hypocritical”
To a Land Unknown — One of Palestine’s first ever, and most prominent skaters has made his acting debut, playing a refugee in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s new feature film. We caught up with him in our culture newsletter to hear about it.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Ed Templeton’s new Toy Machine skate deck sets KKK on fire
Burning racism — It comes via his long running skate company and features a cartoon graphic of a klansman alight on a cross, as well as a broken swastika.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Two founders of Led By Donkeys to face trial after Labour HQ protest
Rushworth resistance — The art and activism crew hung a banner opposite the party’s Southwark headquarters, featuring an image of a bombed out Gaza street that read “Protesting this isn’t terrorism”.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The fun, flares and frenzy on ‘Gallagher Hill’ when Oasis came home
Unmistakably Northern — With tickets for the Manchester Britpop legends’ reunion tour being difficult and expensive to secure, thousands of fans gathered on a hill in Heaton Park to catch a glimpse regardless. Now, its party atmosphere is immortalised in photographer Gabriel Purcell’s new zine.
Written by: Isaac Muk
